No Sir:
After the exam results are thoroughly reviewed, the Board identifies the five highest-scoring candidates. Once the five individuals are established, the Secretary of the Dept. of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) will appoint one individual among the five candidates as the deputy harbor pilot. Traditionally, the candidate with the highest overall exam score is appointed, however, the Secretary may take in to consideration minority status, in making the appointment decision. The appointed candidate is then directed to contact the pilots at the port to receive instructions on when to report for training. The BOPC oversees and approves port-specific training programs, monitors the deputy’s progress, and when fully qualified and trained, they re-examine the deputy harbor pilot. Once this process is completed, the candidate receives a state pilot license.
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Sounds fair.
Not true
No relationship needed
Top score wins and has for decades
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Your response is correct however for at least the last 20 years or so, the top score has been appointed by the Secretary and gotten the job unless there was some notable point of disqualification that was previously undiscovered.
Florida may not be perfect but it IS fair.
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Helluva a lot more fair than having to date an ugly daughter.
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Working for one of Florida’s pilots associations(not as a pilot) ,That is what I’ve always been told But I’ve never really pryed any info out of our pilots;out of respect.
Thanks for the info.